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2013 Worst Movies
By: Mac Date: December 20, 2013, 11:27 am
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2013 Worst Movies
Bad Movie Experts? Really?
[quote]Bad-movie experts Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and
Bill Corbett of Rifftrax.com named the Smith family film the
worst movie of 2013 in poll results released Friday exclusively
to TODAY.
Wrote the Riffers: "In 2000, John Travolta laid down the
challenge: 'You will never, EVER make a big budget sci-fi vanity
project with a two-word title, the second word being "Earth," as
colossally awful as the one I have made.' Thirteen years later
Will Smith beat his challenge."
More than 40,000 Rifftrax fans voted for "After Earth," which
was just one of many 2013 films set on or near a
post-apocalyptic Earth, and featured the Smiths playing a father
and son named Cypher and Kitai Raige.
In second place was the TV movie "Sharknado," which pulled in
only about half as many votes as "After Earth."
"Admit it, when you saw the title you assumed it was a tender
coming of age story set in Belgium in 1943 about a young
Protestant boy who falls in love with a Jewish girl," the
Riffers wrote. "But, no. It’s about a tornado filled with
sharks."
"Grown Ups 2," "Movie 43," "Iron Man 3," "Scary Movie 5," "A
Good Day to Die Hard," "R.I.P.D.," "Man of Steel" and "Lone
Ranger" rounded out the top 10.
Rifftrax also polled fans about the worst 20 movies of all time,
and the winner was a repeat offender. The entire "Twilight"
series took the worst-movie-ever crown for the second year in a
row.
"It’s impossible to choose one 'Twilight' movie as the worst
because it’s impossible to tell one 'Twilight' movie apart from
the next," the Riffers wrote. "A bored Hot Topic employee’s
daydream stretched across five films, it’s a long slog but at
least the series pays off with a big climactic action sequence
-- sorry, that should say credits sequence, the series pays off
with a big credits sequence, letting you know you are finally
free to go and struggle to ever find happiness in your life
again."
Rifftrax offers humorous commentaries for almost all of the
films on both lists, making the pain of watching them a lot
easier to bear.
And it could have been worse: "After Earth" was reportedly
planned as part of a trilogy.[/quote]
Sometimes the way I look at movies as being bad is partly the
talent and money thrown at it. Without a doubt After Earth is
bad. But I've seen way worse. But the reason I think it's at the
top of the list is money, the stars and they hype. In the
context of all the movies in 2013, After Earth is boring.
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Re: 2013 Worst Movies
By: Chiprocks1 Date: December 20, 2013, 11:36 am
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Can't really comment on what is and isn't the worst of 2013
because I've only gotten around to seeing a couple of them thus
far. A Good Day to Die Hard is on hold for me at the library.
Just need to pick it up. Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel still has
me in a long waiting list. So, won't be seeing those anytime
soon.
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Re: 2013 Worst Movies
By: Mac Date: December 20, 2013, 12:05 pm
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I'm watching The Lone Ranger (well first part last night, second
part later) and while I'm thoroughly underwhelmed, it's not
horrible.
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Re: 2013 Worst Movies
By: Neumatic Date: December 20, 2013, 1:38 pm
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I don't know if Iron Man 3 belongs on this list. Especially
because there are so many other clunkers out this year.
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Re: 2013 Worst Movies
By: Mac Date: December 20, 2013, 1:43 pm
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That's what I'm getting at. I think they are some how
correlating money, star power, expectations, etc.
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